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TORREY, a name once common in H., but now extinct in the male line. The families sett. mostly on Winter st. Benj. D., s. Caleb, of Midd'o., b. November 16, 1796, m. Lovisa, da., Adam Perry, Mar. 30, 1818, was a watchmaker by trade, and lived on Circuit st., in the house built by himself, where he d. July 18, 1843, ae. 47. His wid. survives. ch .: 1. Lovisa P., May 25, 1818, m. Martin White, Mf'd. 2. Janet, Ap. 10, 1823, m. Wm. F. Tribou, of H. 3. Eliza M., April 16, 1825, m. Cyrus A. Willis. 4. Martin S., May 26, 1827, m. Caroline F. Soule, May 8, 1846, had Caro. S., Mar. 22, 1847, and d. Mar. 24, 1848, and his wid. m. Spencer Binney. 5. Charlotte B., Oct. 3, 1827, m. W. G. Perry. 6. Marietta, Aug. 4, 1831, m. Warren Estes, 1852. 7. Sarah J., Dec. 14, 1833, m. Sylvanus Whiting, jr., 1852. 8. Wm. D., 1835. 9. Leander, Mar. 31, 1838.
TOWER, David, b. July 1786, s. Jas., (and a desc't. of Jno., of H'm., who m. Marg't. Ibrook, 1639,) m. Patience Palmer, Aug. 1811, lives on Spring st., is a shoemaker, and has, 1. Patience, 1812, d. 1817. 2. Jane, 1813, m. Jno. S. Tower, and d. Aug. 22, 1849. 3. Jno., July 1817, d. young. 4. David, Ap. 3, 1818. 5. Patience, June 29, 1821, m. Henry S. Hollis, Wey'h. 6. Jno., July 14, 1824, m. Nancy Sylvester, lives on Broadway, and has Horace S., May 11, 1847 ; and Jno. F., Nov. 15, 1849. Lost 2 ch., d. young. 7. Reuben, Ap. 17, 1828, of H'n. 8. Mahala, June 29, 1831, m. Francis Cobbin, Nov. 23, 1851, and lives in H.
John Tribou b. Feb. 26, 1788, s. Wm., and gr. s. Thos., of France, who sett. in Bridg'r., in 1745, m. Mary, da. Job Tilden, and lived at the corner of Centre street, and Broadway, where he d. Oct. 17, 1848. His wid. survives. ch .: 1. Mary A., Nov. 16, 1811, m. Sam'l. S. Turner, Oct. 28, 1832. 2. Jno. T., Feb. 3, 1814, m. Melissa B., da. Capt. Thos. M. Bates, Oct. 16, 1835, lives at the corner of Winter and Circuit sts., is a shoemaker, and has, Andrew T., Sep. 27, 1837 ; Mary J., Mar. 23, 1839; Ann A., Oct. 24, 1844 ; and Maria E., May 12,
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1847. 3. Levi W., Mar. 22, 1816, m. Lucinda White, Dec. 1840, lives with his mo., and has Corrissand W., Oct. 1841. 4. Wm. F., July 27, 1819, m. Jennet Torrey, Feb. 2, 1840, lives on Summer st., is a shoemaker, and has Ellen M., Oct. 1842; Wm. E., Nov. 16, 1846 ; Walter S., July 29, 1848, d. Ap. 4, 1850 ; Mary H., May 19, 1850, d. May 31, 1851; and Laura J., Mar. 30, 1852. 5. Walter S., Jan. 8, 1822, went to sea, and is prob. d. 6. Emeline H., May 2, 1824, m. Seth Pratt, H'n. 7. Sarah J., June 7, 1827, m. Rufus T. Estes, of E. Ab'n., and d. Dec. 28, 1850. 8. Cynthia J., Sep. 21, 1829, m. Seth W. Harding, and lives in H.
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TUBBS, Joseph, b. Ap. 14, 1770, s. Joseph, of Pemb., (and a desc't. of Wm., of Duxbury, 1637,) m. Lucy Stetson, Oct. 13, 1797, and lives on Winter st., in the old Torrey house. ch .: 1. Eunice W., Feb. 8, 1798. 2. Mary B., October. 22, 1800. 3. Harriet, Oct. 21, 1802, m. Cornelius White. 4. Lucy, Dec. 24, 1804, m. Seth Randall, Dux'y. 5. Temperance, Feb. 20, 1807, m. Paul Bates. 6. Joseph, May 9, 1809, living unm., with his fa. 7. Betsey C., July 1, 1811, m. Prescott Lathrop, E. Wey'h., and is d.
TURNER, an ancient family, of Norman French origin, which appears in Eng'd. as early as 1067, the date of the Norman Con- quest, when " Le sire de Tourneur," accompanied King Wm. in his expedition. (N. E. Gen. Reg., vol. 2, p. 33.) There are various coats of arms, belonging to different branches, in most of which, the mill-rind, so called, is a distinguishing feature. ) Burke gives the names of 35 families, to whom coats of arms have been granted, and these have produced many eminent men, distinguish- ed in historical, and literary annals. Several families appear early in N. Eng'd., among whom are, (Humphrey, of Scit., the " tanner," who arrived with his family in Plym'h., in 1628, had a house lot assigned him in 1629, and erected a house, in which he prob. lived in 1633. (Deane.) He is the ancestor of most of the Turners in Plym'h. Co., though there have been some in H. descended from Thos., of H'm., 1637, whose son Thos. was in
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Scit., 1680. As several sketches of the Turner family have al- ready been published to the world, and the number who have sett. in H. is comparatively small, we do not deem it necessary to enter at large into its history here, and shall confine ourselves, there- fore, principally to those that have sett. in H. We need only say, by way of introduction, that Humphrey, of Scit., had Jno., who was fa. of Amos, and Jona. ; and Amos was fa. of Ezekiel, of H., and Jona. was fa. of Isaac, and he, of Wait and Jona., of H. Daniel, another son of Humphrey, had Amasa, and Abner ; and Amasa was fa. of Amasa and Eliab, of H., and Abner was fa. of Abner, of H. Thos., of H'm., had Thos , of Scit., and he was fa. of Caleb, and he, of Caleb and Marlboro, of H. The descendants of these families are given in the following sketch :
2. Ezek'l., s. Amos, and gr. gr. s. I. Humphrey, m. 1, Bath- sheba Stockbridge, who d. July 14, 1781; and 2, Ruth Randall, June 17, 1736 ; and d. Aug. 10, 1773, and his wid. May 25. 1805, ae. 86. He was Selectman from 1742-55, from 1762-67, and for 1772; and Rep. in 1761, and '67. ch .: 1. Mary, June 4, 1729, m. Wm. Torrey. 2. Debo., June 24, 1731, m. Free- dom Chamberlain. 3. Ruth, Ap. 12, 1737, m. Michael Sylves- ter, Jan. 17, 1760. 4. Bathsheba, Ap. 9, 1739, m. Jno. Hatch, 1760. 5. Ezekiel, July 18, d. Oct. 18, 1740. 6. Amos, July 16, 1741. 7. Elizab., Mar. 30, 1743, m. Thos. Collamore, Scit., Jan. 23, 1766. 8. Abig., Ap. 9, 1744, m. Stephen Bailey.
3. Wait, or Waitstill, s. Isaac, and gr. gr. gr. s. Hum- phrey, lived near where the wid. of Thos. M. Jacobs resides, in Snappet, and m. Mary Staples, who d. July 15, 1768, and he Oct. 25, 1815, ae. 93. ch. : 1. Elisha, Mar. 15, 1762, prob. d. young. 2. Mary, bap. Oct. 6, 1764. 3. Hannah, July 23, 1765, d. young. 4. Hannah, bap. Dec. 14, 1766.
4. Jona., s. Isaac, and gr. gr. gr. s. Humphrey, m. Abig. Stockbridge, and, it is said, lived on Curtis, now Main st., where his w. d. May 13, 1756. We find no dates of birth of his ch. on the Recs. of H., but their names, as given in the Turner Geneal- ogy, were, 1. Asa, Feb. 20, 1743, m. Abig. Mann, June 30, 1771, and moved to Me., where he d. Aug. 25, 1821, ae. 78, and his wid. Ap. 16, 1853, ae. 72. He has many desct's. in
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Me., residing principally in Orland, and Norridgewock. 2. Reu- ben, a shipmaster, was m., but had no ch., and, it is said, was- lost at sea. 3. Lydia. 4. Calvin, moved to Me., m., and d. there. 5. Isaac. 6. Susanna, m. a McGraw, and lived in Dur- ham, Me. 7. Persis, m. a McGraw, his 2d w. 8. Ruth, m. Abel Curtis. 9. Luther, 1760. 10. Seth. 11. Philip.
* 5. Amasa, s. Amasa, and gr. gr.s. Humphrey, m. Elizab. and was recom. to the Ch. in Lancaster, in 1748, whither he AB moved, with his family. ch .: 1. Elizab., June 4, 1729. 2. Hannah, Ap. 28, 1731. 3. Ichabod, Mar. 3, 1732-3. 4. Zil- pha, Dec. 30, 1734. 5. Nathl., Jan. 31, 1736-7. 6. Lemuel, July 10, 1738. 7. Ezra, July 22, 1740. 8. Joseph, bap. July 31, 1743. 9. Lurana, bap. Sep. 6, 1747. 10. Amasa, bap. Sep. 6, 1749.
6. Eliab, s. Amasa, and gr. gr. s. Humphrey, m. Martha Barstow, May 12, 1731, and had, 1. David, Oct. 9, 1732. 2. A son, Feb. 3, 1735. 3. A ch., Jan. 12, 1738. 4. A ch., Mar. 4,1740.
7. Abner, s. Abner, and gr. gr. s. Humphrey, m. Mary Munroe, Oct. 13, 1740, and had, 1. Naomi, Aug. 3, d. Aug. 22, 1741. 2. Abner, Oct. 14, 1742. 3. Mary, Mar. 1, 1744, In. Elij. Cushing, Pemb., Jan. 18, 1768.
8. Caleb, s. Caleb, and gr. gr. s. Thomas, of H'm., m. Ruth Barker, was a shipwright by trade, and d. Ap. 12, 1767, and his wid. Nov. 8, 1768. ch .: 1. Lucinda, Sep. 27, 1740. 2. Cornelius, May 5, 1742, m. 1, Michal Sylvester, Dec. 8, 1768 ; and 2d, a Soule. 3. Briggs, Feb. 9, 1744, m. Mary Gardner, of Gardiner, Me. 4. Caleb, Aug. 8, 1746, m. Peggy McCow- an ? of Me. 5. Ruth, Oct. 10, 1748, m. Atherton Wales, Ap. 5, 1768. 6. Alexander, Aug. 1, 1750, m. Sarah Soule, Waldo- boro', Me. 7. Barker, Oct. 21, 1752, d. unm. 8. Robert, Feb. 1, 1756, m. a Rhodes, of Bristol, Me.
9. Capt. Marlboro, s. Caleb, and gr. gr. s. Thos., of H'm., m. 1, Mary Curtis, Nov. 26, 1753, who d. Oct. 3, 1776; and 2d, Abig. Curtis, Jan. 1, 1777 ; and was a Capt. in the Rev'n., and a valuable man in his day. ch .: 1. Marlboro, bap. July 30, 1757, m. Debo. Stockbridge, Jan. 7, 1790. 2. Nabby, bap.
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July 30, 1757, m. Joseph Bicknell, jr., Ab'n., Nov. 8, 1775, and moved to Lunenburg. 3. Melzar, bap. Ap. 17, 1762, d. Ap. 20, 1763. 4. Joseph, bap. Sep. 1, 1765, moved to Lun'bg. 5. Ly- dia S., bap. Sep. 1, 1765. 6. Molly, Oct. 30, 1768, m. John Jonés, Lun'bg., Feb. 9, 1792.
10. Col. Amos, s. Ezek'l. 2, m. 1, Betsey Perry, Feb. 14, 1771, who d. Dec. 30, 1815; and 2, Mary R. Stetson, Oct. 27, 1816, and d. Mar. 14, 1822, ae. 81. He was Selectman in 1775, and was an officer in the Rev'n. ch .: 1. Betsey, 1772, m. Dan'l. Keen, Pemb. 2. Ruth, 1774, d. 1775. 3. Ezek'l., 1776, m. Lydia Stetson, Feb. 28, 1799, who d. July 15, 1819, and had Harriet, 1800, m. Jno. Mann; Wm., 1801, d. 1824, leaving one ch .; Ezk'l., 1804, (m. 1, Priscilla Josselyn, 2, Nancy Turner ? and 3, wid. Mary Bowen, and has Sarah R., 1821, Priscilla J., 1823, Cath. P., 1825, Ezek'l. T., 1833, Ma- ria J., 1839, a ch. b. 1841, Chas. H., 1844, and Jno. A., 1848 ;) Lydia S., 1807 ; and Saml. S., (a housewright in H., m. Mary A. Tribou, Oct. 28, 1832, lives on Centre st., and has Saml. N., Aug. 16, 1834; Geo. G., Oct. 9, 1837, d. Oct. 8, 1838; Chas. E., May 23, 1839 ; Julia A., Oct. 25, 1842; Jane G., Sep. 22, 1844; and Walter, Ap. 27, 1847.) 4. Amos, m. Mary Reed, and had Mary R., 1803; Alice, 1805; Clarissa, 1808 ; and Da- vid R., 1811. 5. Ruth, 1784, m. Saml. House, and is d. 6. Seth, 1786, m. Priscilla Beal, and had Seth, 1811, of Bridg'r., m. Debo. House ; Nathan, 1814; Priscilla P., 1817, d. 1818 ; Priscilla; Noah. 7. Wm., bap. and d. 1787.
11. Isaac, s. Jona. 4, m. 1, Mary, da. Wm. Whiting, Dec. 10, 1778, who d. ab. 1795; 2, Rebecca, da. Wm. Curtis, Aug. 28, 1795; and 3, Esther Spaulding, of Townsend, and, it is said, d. in Vt., being killed by falling from a load of hay, and striking on a stake, which pierced his body. ch .: 1. Isaac, m. Abig. Whi- ting ? 2. Priscilla, 1786, d. 1792. 3. Mary, Oct. 1794, m. Isaac Withington, Dorch'r., Dec. 15, 1799. 4. Avis, 17 :2. 5. Betsey, 1784, m. Peter Hobart, Bos'n. 6. Sylvia, 1790, d. .1801. 7. Wm., m. Sally Gowen, and is d. 8. Saml., d.
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Father June s. Jona. 4, m. Grace, 12 da. Wm. Whiting, was a baker by trade, and spent most of his life in mechanical employments ; lived in H., and in Scit. ; and d. in H., Oct. 14, 1839, ae. 80, and his wid. June 8, 1842. ch .: 1. Grace, Mar. 24, 1784, m. Joseph Foster, July, 1808. 2. Jane, 1791, m. David Hazen, of Vt., and is d. .3. Avis, 1793, m. Wm. Lapham, of Scit., and has one son, Wm. T., of Scit. 4. Luther, 1800, m. wid. Lucinda Whitney, and has Geo., of Ab'n., m. Rachel Bennett, and has ch .: Mary F., of Ab'n. ; and Luther, of A., m. a Stoddard, and has ch. 5. Geo. W., Ap. 10, 1805, m. Avis, da. Wm. Whiting, Oct. 22, 1829, lives on Whiting st., and has Avis H., Aug. 8, 1830, m. Phineas P. Peterson, July 4, 1848 ; and Mary E., b. Mar. 8, d. Oct. 31, 1832.
VINAL, Joseph, s. Seth, of Scit., m. Sophia Darling, in April, 1848, lives on Pleasant st., and has Florence E., April 23, 1851. Mr. V. is a descendant of the widow Anna Vinal, who, with her sons, Stephen and John, and her daughter Martha, were in Scit. in 1636, and from whom, probably, most of the name of Vinal in New England are descended.
VINING, David, b. Dec. 27, 1797, s. Ebed, of Ab'n., and a desc't. of the Vinings, who were early of Wey'h., m. 1, Mary Curtis, Nov. 8, 1821, who d. Feb. 18, 1826, ae. 30 ; and 2, Mar- tha Briggs, May 4, 1828 ; lives on Main st. ; is a shoemaker ; and has, 1. Mary S., July 29, 1822, m. Chas. Thomas. 2. Da- vid, Ap. 7, 1824, m. Cynthia Cobb, and lives in Midd'o. 3. Martha A., Feb. 23, 1829. 4. Israel L., Oct. 8, 1830, m. Nancy L. Matthews, Nov. 12, 1851. 5. Hannah B., Sep. 5, 1835. 6. Chas. C., Dec. 7, 1838. 7. Asaph D., Aug. 1, 1842.
2. Joseph, s. Ebed., of Ab'n., m. Hannah, da. Caleb Gardner, 1816, lives at the corner of North and Whiting sts., is a shoe- maker, and has, 1. Hannah, Oct., 1817, m. Paul W. Hannam, E. Ab'n. 2. Abig., Nov. 1819, m. Caleb K. Gilman. 3. Julia A., Aug. 24, 1821, m. Joseph Dill, E. Ab'n. 4. Lucinda, Jan. 22,
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1823, m. Isa. Gardner, of S. H'm. 5. Marietta, July 29, 1826, m. Harvey C. Burrill, E. Ab'n. 6. Joseph, Mar. 24, 1828. 7. Levi L., Nov. 17, 1832. 8. Wm. H., May 24, 1840.
3. Judson, s. Ebed, of Ab'n., b. Mar. 15, 1804, m. Sarah W. Briggs, Ap. 26, 1826, lives on Main st., is a shoemaker, and has, 1. Wm. J., Ap. 2, 1826, m. Mercy T., da. Capt. Thos. M. Bates, Mar. 15, 1849, lives on King street, and has Georgiana, July 15, 1850. 2. Sally B., Oct. 5, 1831. 3. Thos. J., June 10, 1828. 4. Lydia S., Oct. 22, 1834.
WADE, Isaac, s. Isaac, and w. Lucy (Harding, m. May 23, 1776,) lives in H., on Main st., is a farmer, m. Debo. Curtis, and has, 1. Lucy, Dec. 3, 1798, m. David Damon, Aug. 8, 1821, and lives in So. Scit. 2. Debo., Aug. 17, 1800, m. Jno. Damon, and d. July 3, 1849. 3. Louisa, Dec. 29, 1802, m. Andrew Gard- ner, H'm. 4. Maria, June 30, 1804, m. Thos. Wade, Bridg'r., 5. Sarah, Sep. 15, 1807, d. Ap. 15, 1827. 6. Matilda H., July 8, 1810, m. 1, Joseph Cushing, Ap. 10, 1835 ; and 2, Jno. C. Perkins. 7. Isaac, Ap. 15, 1813, m. Harriet Newell, Bos'n., had '1 ch., who d., and he has not been heard from for sev. years. 8. Mary, Oct. 4, 1816, m. Lewis Orcutt, Ab'n. 9. Dorcas, Jan. 31, 1820, m. Minot Wales, Ab'n., and d. ab. 1844. 10. Henry W., m. Maria Wilbur, lives in N. Bridg'r., and has 3 ch. 11. Sarah, June, 1830.
WARDROBE, Dan'l., b. in Ports'h., N. H., 1789, m. Orpha Morse, lived in H., on Main st., and had, 1. Dan'l., in Canada. 2. Walter W., Ap. 1822, m. Sarah J. Curtis, Mar. 12, 1848, lives on Main st., and has Ella, Jan. 9, 1849; and another ch., b. June 11. 1851. 3. Erastus H., m. Lydia Curtis, is now in Cal'a., and has Herbert E., June 25, 1849. 4. Reuben L., in Cal'a. 5. Sam'l. 6. Julia.
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WHITE, Wm., with his w., and 5 ch., came to N. Eng. in the Mayflower, in 1620. Their s. Peregrine, was b. before the land- ing. The fa. d. the spring after, and his wid. Susannah, m. Ed- ward Winslow, May 12, 1622, it being the first marriage solem- nized in N. Eng. Peregrine, the son, lived in Mf'd., and there
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d., July 20, 1704, ae. 83. He m. Sarah, da. Wm. Bassett, of Dux'y., and she d. in 1711. ch .: 1. Dan'l. 2. Sylvanus. 3. Jonathan. 4. Peregrine. 5. Sarah. 6. Mercy, m. Wm. Sherman ? Feb. 3, 1697. (Mf'd. Recs.)
2. Dan'l., s. Peregrine, m. Hannah Hunt, of Dux'y., Aug. 19, 1674. (Mf'd. Recs.) and had ch., 1. Jno., 1675, m. Susannah Sherman ? Feb. 18, 1700. (Mf'd. Recs.) 2. Joseph, 1678. 3. Thos., 1680. 4. Cornelius, 1682. 5. Benj., 1684, m. Faith Oakman ? Dec. 2, 1714. (Mf'd. Recs.) 6. Eleazer, 1686. 7. Eben'r., 1691, m. 1, Mary Doggett ? Sep. 29, 1712, and 2, Hannah Doggett, ? Mar. 9, 1712-13. (Mf'd. Recs.) s. Dan'l. 2, m. Hannah 3. Comolius White Randall, May 22, 1706, and in 1743, bought the Hatch place, on what is now Centre st., formerly part of the " Hanmer Hook, " so called, which is still improved by his desc'ts. being occupied by Albert White, Esq. His ch. were, 1. Lemuel. 2. Cornelius, prob. m. Sarah Hewett, Bridg'r., 1747. 3. Paul, m. Elizab. Curtis, Feb. 24, 1737, and had in H., a son, b. Oct., 1737. This is all the notice of him on the H. Recs. 4. Joanna. 5. Dan'l. 6. Gideon. 7. Benj., 1721.
4. Benj., s. Cornelius 3, m. Hannah Decrow, and d. in H., Feb. 10, 1786, ae. 65, and his wid. Mar. 22, 1814, ae. 94. Liv- ed on his father's place, on Centre st. ch. : 1. Penniah, Mar. 24, 1744, d. Aug. 9, 1763. 2. Robert, May 3, 1747. 3. Hannah, bap. Sep. 7, 1754., m. Dan'l. Crooker, Pemb., Dec. 19, 1776. 4. Benj., bap. Sep. 7, 1754. 5. Cornelius, July 9, 1755.
5. Robert, s. Benj. 4, m. 1, Mary Crooker, Ap. 25, 1771, who d. July, 1773; and 2, Anna House, Mar. 20, 1777, and d. at Thompson, Ct., ae. 88. ch. : 1. Penniah, bap. Aug. 8, 1773, d. Nov. 9, 1774. 2. David, bap. Sep. 9, d. Sep. 10, 1779. 3. Martin, of Ct. 4. Richmond, of Ct. 5. Charles, d. 6. Elijah., d.
6. Benj., s. Benj. 4, m. Mary Chamberlain, E. Bridg'r., 1780, and d. in H., July 12, 1839, ae. 88, and his wid. Mar. 27, 1841, ae. 86. ch. : 1. Lewis, Aug. 7, 1785, d. Ap. 3, 1813, being ac- cidentally shot. 2. Cyrus, bap. Aug. 7, 1785. 3. Mary, bap.
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Oct. 15, 1786, m. Reuben Peterson, jr., Dux'y., Ap. 26, 1812, and lives in Ply'h. 4. Sylvia, bap. Sep. 26, 1790, m. Ezek'l. Stetson, May 4, 1806, and moved to Me. 5. Benj., 1791, d. May 8 1793. 5. Benj., Nov. 27, 1795, m. Mary Hall, lives in Mr'd., and has Geo., 1832 ; Mary H., 1833, Lewis E., 1835, Benj. F., 1837, and Harriet S., 1841.
7. Cornelius, s. Benj. 4, m. 1, Sarah L. Hill, of Pemb., May 21, 1787; and 2, Rebecca Bates, of H., Dec. 30, 1801, and d. Mar. 30, 1841, ae. 86, and his wid. Ap. 1, 1843, ae. 78. ch. . 1. Cornelius, Jan. 26, 1788. (By 2d,) 2. Albert, Esq., Ap. 24, 1802, J. P .; T. C. from 1832-'39, and in 1840 and '42 ; Selectman 1842-48, '50-53; also a school teacher, and a useful and enterprising citizen ; m. Lydia Bates, May 1, 1836, and lives on Centre st. ; no ch.
8. Cyrus, s. Benj. 6, m. Ruth S. Keen, Pemb., Aug. 10, 1806, and went to Ohio, ab. 1817, since wh. time he has not been heard from. ch .: 1. Sylvia, m. Leonard Green, Sharon. 2. Lydia, d. ab. 1827, ae. 16. 3. Mary, Aug. 24, 1810, m. Algernon Jos- selyn, and lives in Lowell. 4. Cyrus, Nov. 2, 1811, m. Betsey H. Bonney, H'n., lives in S. Ab'n., and has Levi ; Wm. d., ae. 1; Cynthia A., d., ae. 1; and Wm. Lloyd and Wendell Phil- lips, b. Mar. 28, 1847. 5. Lewis, of Bridg'r., m. 1, Catherine Gardner, of Dux'y., who d. July 1847 ; and >, wid. Anne Bell ; and has Laura A .; Catherine L .; Lucy T .; Algernon; and Sylvia G. 6. Debo., d. Ap. 6, 1817, ae. 3. 7. Benj., Dec., 1816, m. Dolly Josselyn, lives in H'n., is a shoemaker, and has Lousia, d. ; and Ellen P.
WHITWELL, Dr. Benj., s. Benj., Esq., of Bos'n., (a Law- yer, who grad. H. C., 1790, and m. Lucy Scollay,) was b. June 4, 1817, ent. at H. C., and grad. in the med. dep't., in 1848 ; stud. at the Tremont Med. School, under Drs. Bigelow, Storer, Jackson, &c. ; and sett. first in Holyoke, Mass .; and in H., in 1850-1, under the auspices of Dr. J. B. Fobes. Lives at the Four Corners, and is unm.
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WHITON, OR WHITING FAMILY.
Arms : Gyronny of four, az. and erm. ; over all a Leopard's head, or; in chief 3 bezants.
Crest : A Lion rampant; beneath, a helmet, resting upon the shield.
BOSTON FUBLIC LIBR RY
WHITON, or WHITING, James, the ancestor of the families here recorded, appears in H'm., Mass., in 1647, Dec. 30th of which year, he m. Mary Beals. In his will, his name is spelled Whiton, and by a large number of families in H'm., it is still spelled in this way, though by others, it is spelled Whiting. The coat of arms handed down in the family, a copy of which is given above, agrees with that of the Whitings, as described by Burke, in his General Armory.
In 1657, land was granted to Jas. Whiton, and to Onesiphorus Marsh, in H'm .; and he owned large tracts in Scit., Ab'n., and Hanover. In Ap., 1676, his house, and "Jno. Jones's, Anthony Sprague's, Israel Hobart's, and Nathl. Chubbuck's," were burn- ed by the Indians. His w. d. Feb. 12, 1696-7, and he Ap. 26, 1710, leaving a will, dated Sep. 29, 1708, in which he gives to his eldest s. Jas., land bo't. of Jos. Church ; land bo't. of Wm. Ripley ; land at Scit., bo't. of Rich'd. Dwelley, and " butting on the pattent line ;" part of a lot bo't. of Humph'y. Johnson, at Great Plain ; 3 shares of the com. land in H'm. ; and one fourth of
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a lot in the " small shares," being in Ab'n. To s. Matt., he gives 5 shares in the eighth lot, 2nd div'n. of upland in Cohas't .; 12 acs. at Great Plain ; a lot in the 4th div'n. of lands in H'm., and the meadow adjoining ; the 2d part of his 3d division of Cohas't., upland ; and one fourth of the " small share" lot. To Enoch, he gives one half of a lot of fresh meadow, bo't. of Rich'd. Dwelley, and Humph'y. Johnson, lying E. of the river, at Mast Bridge, H'm. ; part of a lot in the 4th div'n. in H'm., bo't. of Jere. Beal ; one fourth of the " small share" lot ; two and a half shares of the com. land in H'm. ; the front part of his 3d div'n. in Cohas't. ; and the lands now in his possession, adjoining his dwelling house in H'm., &c. To the ch. of his s. Thos., decs'd., he gives his dwelling-house, barn, outhouses, and land on which they stand, with the orchard, of 25 acs., and all other lands and meadows that the said Thos. possessed while living ; also one half the meadow at Mast Bridge ; one fourth of the small shares; and two and a half shares of the com. land in H'm .; and the names of these ch. are given as Thos., Jona., Eleazer, Joanna, Jael, Leah, and Ra- chael. To his da. Mary Jordan, wid., he gives £36, to be paid out of what was left his 3 sons, and the ch. of Thos. The ch. of Jas., sen'r., were, 1. Jas., Ap. 10, 1649, d. Nov. 11, 1650. 2. Jas., bap. July 15, 1651. 3. Matt., Oct. 30, 1653. 4. Jno., bap. Dec. 2, 1655, d. young. 5. David, and 6. Jona, b. and d. 1657-8. 7. Enoch, Mar. 8, 1659. 8. Thos., May 18, 1662. 9. Mary, Ap. 29, 1664, m. 1, Isaac Wilder, Jan. 3, 1689, who d. Sep. 6, 1690, and 2, a Jordan.
2. Jas., s. Jas., lived in H'm., near his fa., and owned land on "Great Plain," and in Scit., and Ab'n. He d. Feb. 20, 1724-5, and his wid. Abig., May 4, 1740. In his will, which bears date Oct. 15, 1724, he gives, to w. Abig., his part of dwelling-house, and all his lands, and movable estate, and liberty to cart wood from his Scit. lot .; to son Benj., 10 acs. adjoining his house, &c. ; to Jas. and Jno., of Plympton, Joseph, of Reho- both, Saml. and Solo., of H'm., and das. Hannah King, of Ply- mouth, Judith White, and Rebecca Whiton, his Cedar lot in Ab'n., and that part of his Scit. lot not before given to Benj., to be equally divided between them. Appoints w. Abig., and friend
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Jona. Farrow, Exec's. ch .: 1. Hannah, July 4, 1678, m. Jno. King, Plym'h., Jan. 13, 1704. 2. Jas., Feb. 17, 1679, m. Mary, da. Matt. Whiting, Dec. 26, 1704, had Barsheba, 1705, Elisha, 1706, and Job, 1708, and was of Plymp'n. bef. 1724. 3. Jno., Ap. 1, 1681, of Plymp'n. 4. Abig., Sep. 1, 1683, d. Dec. 10, 1695. 5. Saml., Nov. 12, 1685. 6. Joseph, Mar. 23, 1686-7, m. Mar- tha Tower, Dec. 10, 1713, had Elijah ? 1714, Abig., 1716, and Martha, 1718, and sett. in Rehoboth before 1724. 7. Judith, May, 1689, m. Jas. White, Dec. 13, 1722. 8. Rebecca, Dec. 1691. 9. Benj., May 21, 1693. 10. Solo., June 10, 1695.
3. Matt., s. Jas., m. wid. Debo. Howard, Dec. 27, 1677, lived in H'm., and there d. intestate, July 22, 1725, and his wid. Sep. 19, 1729. Like the rest of his bros., he was a large landholder, and was early engaged in the business of coopering, or manufac- turing the wooden buckets for which H'm. has been so long noted. ch .: 1. Mary, Sep. 25, 1678, m. Jas. Whiting, Dec. 26, 1704. 2. Jno., Jan. . 10, 1680, m. Mary, da. Ibrook Tower, Feb. 3, 1704, and had Jno., 1705, d. 1725; Debo., Mar. 3, 1706, m. Solo. Bates, Scituate, May 1, 1730 ; Margaret., Feb. 3, 1708, m. John Collamore, Scituate, April 27, 1732; Josh., Ap. 15. 1710, sett. in Scit., was m., (w. Silence -,) and had ch .; Ann, June 18, 1711, prob. d. unm., Sep. 13, 1799, ae. 88 ; and Lydia, May 26, 1714, d. Oct. 19, 1784. 3. David, June 5, 1681. 4. Matt., Nov. 28, 1682, prob. sett. in Pemb. 5. Elizab., Mar. 1684, m. Hezek. Tower, Jan. 13, 1704. 6. Susanna, Nov. 14, 1686, d. Aug. 22, 1750 ? ". Lydia, Ap. 2, 1693, m. Saml. Tower ? Nov. 26, 1719. 8. Isaac, Mar. 25, 1695.
4. Enoch, s. Jas., called "Sergeant Enoch " on the H'm. Recs., m. Mary Lincoln, Jan. 11, 1687, lived in H'm., and d. May 5, 1714, and his wid. Oct. 2, 1716. In his will, which is dated Dec. 30, 1713, he gives, to w. Mary, the improve't. of all his est., real and personal, except a few legacies, &c .; to das. Mary, Bethia, Abig., and Marg't., £50 ea .; and the rest to his s. Enoch. Est. appraised, £1021, 8s. ch .: 1. Sarah, Oct. 27, 1687, m. Caleb Marsh, Dec. 19, 1711. 2. Mary, Sep. 21, 1690, d. May 28, 1692. 3. Mary, Nov. 6, 1692, m. Jeded. Lincoln, Jan. 9, 1717, and d. Sep. 24, 1734. 4. Abig., Sep. 8, 1697,
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m. Danl. Waters, Mar. 10, 1722. 5. Enoch, Sep. 25, 1699. 6. Marg't. Jan. 28, 1702.
5. Thos. s. Jas., m. Joanna Garnet, or Gardner, Jan. 26, 1689-90, lived in H'm., is called a " husbandman, " on the Prob. Rec. Suff., and was also a cooper. Family tradition says, that he owned a large tract of cedar swamp in Ab'n., which he was accus- tomed to visit every winter, and from which trees of a very large size were cut, and split into clapboards for the Boston market ; and that he came to his death near Cedar bridge, in Ab'n., Sep. 17, 1708, by the fall of a tree, a limb from which struck his head, and killed him instantly. His wid., who admin. on his est., aft. m. Nathan Farrow, Mar. 23, 1710. ch .: 1. Joanna, Jan. 27, 1691, m. Jona. Farrow, Oct. 27, 1714. 2. Jael, Feb. 12, 1693, m. a Hobart ? 3. Leah, Ap. 4, 1695, m. Benj. Farrow, Dec. 14, 1715. 4. Thos., Feb. 10, 1697-8 m., and had Thos., 1719. 5. Rachel, July 12, 1700, m. Sam'l. Riccard, or Richards, Oct. 19, 1721. 6. Jona., Mar. 5, 1702-3. 7. Eleazer, Nov. 15, 1706.
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